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English as a Second Language: Book Recommendations for Learners

A selection of resources for English as a Second Language learners and instructors.

Well-Known Books

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Call Number: PS3515.E37 O5
ISBN: 0684163268
Publication Date: 1979-10-01
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Call Number: PZ4.L4778
ISBN: 0397001517
Publication Date: 1961-01-01
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Call Number: PS3553.I78 H6 1991
ISBN: 0679734775
Publication Date: 1991-04-03
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling; Mary GrandPré (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.R79835 Har 1998
ISBN: 0590353403
Publication Date: 1998-09-01
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Call Number: PZ7.C6837 Hun 2008
ISBN: 9780439023481
Publication Date: 2008-10-01
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Call Number: PS3603.L548 R43 2011b
ISBN: 9780307887443
Publication Date: 2012-06-05

Comics and Graphic Novels

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Call Number: PN6747.S245 P4713 2003
ISBN: 9780375422300
Publication Date: 2003-04-29
Bakuman, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi Ohba; Takeshi Obata (Artist)
Call Number: PN6790.J34 B34813 2010
ISBN: 9781421535135
Publication Date: 2010-08-03
A Wrinkle in Time: the graphic novel by Madeleine L'Engle
Call Number: PN6727.L368 W756 2012
ISBN: 9780374386153
Publication Date: 2012-10-02
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei; Justin Eisinger; Steven Scott; Harmony Becker (Illustrator)
Call Number: D769.8.A6 T355 2019
ISBN: 9781603094504
Publication Date: 2019-07-16
Almost American Girl: an illustrated memoir by Robin Ha (Illustrator)
Call Number: PN6727.H3 A3 2020
ISBN: 9780062685100
Publication Date: 2020-01-28

Works Written by Local Authors from Hawaii

Shark Dialogues by Kiana Davenport
Call Number: PS3554.A88 S5 1995
ISBN: 0452274583
Publication Date: 1995-08-01
Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers by Lois-Ann Yamanaka
Call Number: PS3575.A434 W55 1996
ISBN: 0374290202
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
Growing up Local: an anthology of poetry and prose from Hawaii by Eric Chock (Editor); James R. Harstad (Editor); Darrell H. Lum (Editor); Bill Teter (Editor)
Call Number: PS571.H3 B35 no.72
ISBN: 0910043531
Publication Date: 1998-01-01
Three Years on Doreen's Sofa by Lee Cataluna
Call Number: PS571.H3 B35 no.99
ISBN: 9780910043854
Publication Date: 2011-10-01
Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn
Call Number: PS3623.A86733 S53 2020
ISBN: 9780374272081
Publication Date: 2020-03-03

Arts and Crafts

Making Eyelash Crochet Leis by Coryn Tanaka; May Masaki
Call Number: SB449.5.L4 T36 2004
ISBN: 1573061808
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Oil Painting for the Absolute Beginner by Mary Willenbrink
Call Number: ND1473 .W55 2010
ISBN: 9781600617843
Publication Date: 2010-09-01
Digital Photography by Bruce Warren
Call Number: TR267 .W45 2013
ISBN: 9780495897798
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
The Hero's Closet: Sewing for Cosplay and Costuming by Gillian Conahan
Call Number: TT633 .C648 2017
ISBN: 1419723960
Publication Date: 2017-04-18

Local Hawaii Cookbooks

Kau Kau by Arnold Hiura
Call Number: TX724.5.H3 H58 2009
ISBN: 9780979676932
Publication Date: 2009-12-01
Hawaii's Bento Box Cookbook by Susan Yuen
Call Number: TX735 .Y837 2010
ISBN: 1566479207
Publication Date: 2010-04-01
Hawaii's Ohana Cookbook by Joleen Oshiro (Editor); Betty Shimabukuro (Editor); Craig T. Kojima (Photographer); Galyn Wong (Contribution by)
Call Number: TX724.5.H3 H398 2011
ISBN: 9781566479530
Publication Date: 2011-10-01
Aloha Kitchen by Alana Kysar
Call Number: TX724.5.H3 K97 2019
ISBN: 9780399581366
Publication Date: 2019-03-26

Adventuring in Hawaii

Detours: a decolonial guide to Hawai'i by Hokulani K. Aikau (Editor); Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez (Editor)
Call Number: DU624.5 .D486 2019
ISBN: 9781478005834
Publication Date: 2019-11-08
The Hikers Guide to Oahu by Stuart M. Ball
Call Number: GV199.42.H32 B35 2013
ISBN: 9780824838997
Publication Date: 2013-10-31
Exploring Hanauma Bay by Susan Scott; David R. Schrichte (Photographer)
Call Number: GV840.S78 S35 2013
ISBN: 9780824837488
Publication Date: 2013-07-31
Adventurer's Hawaii: the Hawaiian Islands as seen by the hiker, kayaker and adventurer by Peter Caldwell
Call Number: DU623.25 .C35 2013
ISBN: 9780962612459
Publication Date: 2013

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